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Kim Kardashian Posts Gun Photo, Sparks Outrage

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Several folks are taking aim at Kim Kardashian after she tweeted a photo of a diamond-encrusted gun.

The photo popped up on the E! star's Instagram account this week, and sparked some criticism as to the timing of the posting, coming as it did in the wake of Kim's recent encouraging of her Twitter followers to help combat gun violence following the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut.

However, a source close to Kardashian tells E! News that the whole thing was "a mistake."

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